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Post by Mark on Apr 10, 2023 22:34:15 GMT 1
www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/bizarre/10525415/frankie-goes-to-hollywood-supergroup-reform-eurovision/Huge Eighties supergroup ‘to reform’ after 20 years for Eurovision Song Contest Simon Boyle Published: 20:30, 10 Apr 2023 FRANKIE Goes To Hollywood could be making a comeback for something very special. Twenty years after they were last united insiders tell me the group have been asked to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest in their home city of Liverpool as part of the celebrations. The move would be huge for the band, made up of lead singers Holly Johnson and Paul Rutherford, Peter Gill, Brian Nash and Mark O’Toole, who landed three No1 singles with their hits Relax, Two Tribes and The Power Of Love before they split in 1987. A music insider said: “Eurovision organisers have put them at the top of their wish list and have asked them if they would consider performing. “The group haven’t played together with lead singer Holly in more than 20 years, so it would be massive to get them back. “To host Eurovision in Liverpool is massive for the city and the organisers want to make sure it is one to remember. “For the band it would be a monumental moment too. “Relax got banned by the BBC when it was released and this year marks its 40th anniversary, so to be back performing it on the Beeb would be huge. “Eurovision are hoping the group says yes but it might not be that simple.” After the split Holly was sued by the band’s record label when he tried to release solo music with a rival. He won the battle then the group were freed to release new music, with Peter and Paul going on to form Forbidden Hollywood in 2007, playing new music and FGTH’s biggest hits. The group were last all together in 2003 for VH1’s Bands Reunited, but they declined to perform live. I have made no secret of the fact that I’d rather watch paint dry than tune into the Eurovision Song Contest. But if they manage to pull off this reunion, even I might watch.
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Apr 10, 2023 23:43:33 GMT 1
It's a big leap from "being asked" to a confirmed reformation.
Classic Sun "journalism"
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Post by Mark on Apr 10, 2023 23:52:11 GMT 1
It's a big leap from "being asked" to a confirmed reformation. Classic Sun "journalism" yeah note the question mark they've just been asked not really confirmed
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Post by TheThorne on Apr 11, 2023 9:39:04 GMT 1
Hmm playing their second hit there probably wouldn't be a good idea unless that is Ukrainian sense of humour
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Post by Mic1812 on Apr 11, 2023 15:28:34 GMT 1
Who else could they have asked from Liverpool.
Gerry Marsden's gone.
Cilla's Gone
Are Zig & Zag from Liverpool
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Apr 11, 2023 15:35:44 GMT 1
Get the Zutons in to do it!
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Post by Mark on Apr 11, 2023 17:14:21 GMT 1
Who else could they have asked from Liverpool. Gerry Marsden's gone. Cilla's Gone Are Zig & Zag from Liverpool The Christians The Real Thing
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Post by Whitneyfan on Apr 11, 2023 17:54:01 GMT 1
Sonia
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Post by Smurfie on Apr 11, 2023 18:01:51 GMT 1
Atomic Kitten!
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Post by raliverpool on Apr 11, 2023 18:07:53 GMT 1
Let's face it if I was a member of Frankie Goes To Hollywood who was in talks to reform, then the very idea of that newspaper which is banned from most newsagents in Merseyside for over 30 years, encouraging me to do it, would make me want to do the polar opposite.
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Post by Mic1812 on Apr 11, 2023 18:44:41 GMT 1
Oh yeah Sonia would be perfect for Eurovision. She reperesented the uk back in the 90s. Id forgotten about that
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Post by raliverpool on Apr 11, 2023 19:02:26 GMT 1
Other Scouse acts from the past 40 years not mentioned off the top of my head:
OMD Echo & The Bunnymen China Crisis Dead Or (Not) Alive The Mighty Wah!/Pete Wylie The Farm The La's/Cast Boo Radley The Lightning Seeds Melanie C Space The Coral Gomez Ladytron She Drew The Gun Circa Waves
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 12, 2023 8:34:58 GMT 1
Not sure Trevor Horn has ever broken up.
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Post by Smurfie on Apr 24, 2023 22:13:36 GMT 1
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Post by Mark on Apr 25, 2023 19:25:23 GMT 1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65385908Frankie Goes To Hollywood guitarist Brian Nash says his bandmates will "feel a bit of Scouse love" when they play live for the first time in 36 years in their home city of Liverpool. The group were one of the best-selling acts of the 1980s, with hits like Two Tribes, Relax and The Power of Love. They are reforming for the Eurovision Song Contest opening ceremony on 7 May. It will feature the classic line-up of Holly Johnson, Nash, Paul Rutherford, Mark O'Toole and Peter Gill. The group have not performed together since 1987, but Nash - known as Nasher - said getting back together for the event in their home city "felt like a good thing to do". The guitarist said the reaction he had received from people in Liverpool since he moved back three years ago was "always massively positive, uplifting and heartwarming". He has remained on good terms with O'Toole and Gill in particular, but they aren't based in the city. "So I think it'd be good for them to come back and feel a bit of Scouse love as well," he said. As well as wanting to spend time with his former bandmates, Nash said he agreed to sign up "to be part of this event being staged in Liverpool, and it looks like it's going to be a fantastic thing". On Instagram, Johnson said he was "happy to announce" the band's reunion for the Eurovision opening ceremony. In 1985, Frankie Goes To Hollywood went to UK number one with their first three singles. Relax became the second biggest-selling song of the 1980s, despite being banned by BBC Radio 1 after DJ Mike Read said its lyrics were "obscene". They split up in 1987 after falling out, and got back together in 2003 for VH1 show Bands Reunited but did not perform. Their reunion is not a full concert, and highlights of the event will be shown during a special programme on BBC One on 8 May. A crowd of almost 30,000 are expected to watch the ceremony outside St George's Hall. The line-up also includes fellow Liverpool bands Atomic Kitten, the Lightning Seeds and the Real Thing, and past Eurovision winners Jamala and Conchita Wurst. The Eurovision grand final will take place in the city on 13 May. Nash now conducts weddings and funerals as a celebrant, and has recently become a tour guide in Liverpool. With The Farm's Peter Hooton and Keith Mullin, he runs the Liverpool Music Icons tours, tracing the history of the city's post-punk and alternative music scene, as well as Beatles-related heritage.
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Post by Mark on May 8, 2023 13:36:01 GMT 1
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